Marie Queenie Lyons - Soul FeverA real soul gem from 1970 on the James Brown affiliated Deluxe label, the first and only album by this mysterious singer: Marie Queenie Lyons. It is perhaps apropos that Queenie Marie Lyonss best known song is titled See And Dont See. For all the acclaim that song has accrued, and all the times it has been compiled, reissued and, yes, bootlegged for all the times it has been seen Queenie herself has somehow remained unseen. How did a singer from

Gaslamp Killer) and wrapped their songs in layers of otherness and sub-aquatic obscurity

making a well-balanced track list for both home-listening pleasure and dancefloor business

with its in-the-red riff and excitable hooks

who conducted research for the film (and 2019 album of the same name) by speaking to internment camp incarcerees and descendents

Cardamom Times

overheated psychedelic guitar runs that fill much of the material on the mystery man's album

the suburb dwellers

It could only be Snock

and Kiki Cavazos serving as  primary influences

It’s an album for people who have dealt with the inevitable sadness that comes with age and acknowledged the realities of life

A Seat at the Table is an intensely personal testament to black experience and culture

even the New Kids on the Block would have sounded psychedelic